Name: Bending Blades cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tequila blanco; 15 ml Sherry - Manzanilla; 7.5 ml Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc); 22.5 ml Pamplemousse rosé (pink grapefruit) liqueur; 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1/2 fl oz	Manzanilla sherry
1/4 fl oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
3/4 fl oz	Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Tequila-based, zesty and bitter before turning bittersweet. In March 2022, I cut the volume of gentian liqueur from 15ml (½oz) back to 7.5ml (¼oz) so fans of bitter gentian my want to stick with the original spec.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Christopher Day at General Lee's in Los Angeles, USA.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.55% alc./vol. (41.1° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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